Java crash in libocijdbc

Issue

Our JBoss process is crashing with a JVM cored dump. It generated an hs_err_
file with the following content at the top:

# JRE version: 6.0_31-b04
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (20.6-b01 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libocijdbc11.so+0x810d]  Java_oracle_jdbc_driver_T2CConnection_t2cPingDatabase+0xb

Another example:

# JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (8.0_302-b08) (build 1.8.0_302-b08)
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (25.302-b08 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [libocijdbc12.so+0x95d5]  Java_oracle_jdbc_driver_T2CConnection_t2cDescribeTable+0x65